Joy Harjo--February 7, 1990
Read a poem by Harjo at the Poetry Foundation's site.
Joseph Brodsky--April 6, 1990
View the Poetry Foundation page on Brodsky
Gary Snyder--November 15, 1990
View the Modern American Poetry page on Snyder
Derek Walcott--February 6, 1991
Read biographical information and selected poems on the Academy of American Poets website
Donald Hall--April 24, 1991
Listen to poems and an interview with Hall on
NPR's All Things Considered
Maxine Kumin--November 13, 1991
Read a biography and an interview on Kumin's website
Debra Allbery--February 12, 1992
Listen to three poems published by Albery in The Cortland Review
Mark Strand--April 22, 1992
View the American Academy of Poets page on Strand
Allen Ginsberg--October 21, 1992
Hear Ginsberg read his poem Howl
Amy Clampitt--Februry 2, 1993
View Clampitt's website
Charles Simic--October 13, 1993
Read Simic's advice on writing poetry and his biography
Sharon Olds--February 16, 1994
View the Modern American Poetry page on Olds
Charles Wright--November 4, 1994
View the Modern American Poetry page on Wright
Li-Young Lee--February 15, 1995
View the Modern American Poetry page on Lee
Mary Jo Salter--November 17, 1995
Read one of her poems at the Poetry Foundation's site
Ellen Bryant Voigt--May 3, 1996
Listen to an interview, lecture, and poem by Voigt in Blackbird journal
Lawrence Ferlinghetti--October 16, 1996
View the City Lights Bookstore page on Ferlinghetti
Jorie Graham--February 19, 1997
Read biographical information, poems, and an interview
Brigit Pegeen Kelly--October 15, 1997
Read biographical information and selected poems
Mark Doty--April 24, 1998
View Doty's website
Philip Levine--November 4, 1998
Read biographical information and selected poems
Marie Howe--April 28, 1999
View the Smith College Poetry Center page on Howe
Robert Pinsky--November 5, 1999
Read biographical information and selected poems on the Academy of American Poets website